Create an Upcycled Miniature Tabletop Christmas Tree

Do you want to have a straight forward décor for your own table in your office? Are you a fan of miniature decorations? Or maybe you love crafting and transforming several materials around you and want to transform it into something beautiful? If you said yes to everything, then this one is for you! This is a one of a kind miniature Christmas tree that can be displayed in tabletops or even in the dashboard of your own car. This is a sturdy décor and is a pocket-friendly one! Sounds good, right? So if you want to have your own miniature Christmas tree of your own, then let us begin crafting this cute décor! Just thoroughly follow the steps and a beautiful masterpiece will be done!

Prepare all materials needed in this tutorial:

newspapers

white glue

acrylic paints (blue, red and yellow)

a piece of yellow pipe cleaner

hot glue

a pair of scissors

red and green glitters

ruler

paint brushes

Step 1: Fold the half of the spreadsheet crosswise until you have a thin folded sheet of newspaper.

Step 2: Cut the folded sheet. The width of this should be at least 2 to 2.5 centimeters.

Step 3: Tightly roll the sheet. Make sure that there are no gaps or spaces starting from the middle all the way to the outer part of the roll.

Step 4: Hot glue the ends of the roll. You must have at least 13 rolls for this project.

Step 5: Paint the rolls accordingly. This will be the sequence of the rolls per color of paint: 1 green, 3 red, 4 blue and 5 yellow.

Step 6: Let the paint dry for an hour. You can also double coating if you are not yet satisfied with the end product.

Step 7: Generously apply white glue on the tip or the side of the roll.

Step 8: Dip the glued side of the roll to a bottle of glitters. The green and the red ratio of the glittered side should be equal per colored roll.

Step 9: Let the glitters settle on the edge of the rolls for about an hour.

Step 10: Tightly wring a piece of a spreadsheet. This will be the base of the Christmas tree.

Step 11: Wrap the wrung paper on the bottle of the glitters or any object available that can accommodate the diameter of the Christmas tree’s base. Secure each layer of the turn with hot glue. This will make the base stiff. Does this until you reach the desired height of the base.

Step 12: Keep on wrapping the wrung paper until you reach the desired height of the base.

Step 13: Paint the Christmas tree’s base with brown paint.

Step 14: Glue two yellow rolls together. Make sure that the glitter color of the two is contrasting. Glue the green roll on the space in between the two yellow rolls. The green roll will be the tip of the Christmas tree.

Step 15: After the two yellow layers, glue the next red layer. Take note of the glitters. The colors of the glitters should be aligned in a diagonal fashion. Glue the widest base of the Christmas tree which is the blue. You should have a perfect triangle by now with an aligned color of the glitters.

Step 16: Glue the next and last layer just below the blue one, the yellow rolls. This will make the triangle look like a tree now.

Step 17: Create a small star from the yellow pipe cleaner. Glue the star on top of the Christmas tree or the part where the green roll is located.

This upcycled miniature Christmas tree is perfect for your office table, your study table or even on the side tables of your living room but also a good dashboard display in your own car. You can now decorate your place using this non-invasive Christmas tree. Decorating need not be grandiose, you just need a straightforward décor that can remind you of the real holiday spirit. Hope you liked it!

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